LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
A lawyer whose treatment of junior staff was described as “at times appalling” has been suspended for four months and ordered to pay more than $242,000 in costs. The lawyer, known as Ms A, begins her suspension on 12 November 2026. According to Stuff’s report of the penalty decision, the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal
Enhanced bonuses reflect firm’s continued investment in developing the next generation of trial lawyers Robins Kaplan LLP announced today that it has increased its judicial clerkship bonuses to $150,000 for eligible lawyers who complete one qualifying clerkship and $175,000 for those who complete two or more qualifying clerkships. The increased bonuses reflect Robins Kaplan’s longstanding
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Article source: The Warren Firm, VA Photo Credit A Strasburg driver gets hurt in a crash, sees a doctor, files a claim, and then waits with bills piling up on the kitchen table. This post walks through the steps between filing a claim and receiving a check, including the different paths a case can take.
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Buchalter is pleased to announce that Stephanie Nation and Charles Clark have joined the Firm as Partners in its Orange County office. Nation joins the Real Estate Practice Group, while Clark joins the Litigation Practice Group. Their arrivals further strengthen Buchalter’s capabilities serving businesses, developers and other clients in Orange County and throughout California. “We
Article source: Sofi.com A legal career is often imagined in terms of courtroom experience and reputation, yet some of the decisions that shape a lawyer’s future happen long before their first day at a firm. The cost of legal education, the amount borrowed to pay for it, and the financial expectations attached to a first
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After nearly eight years handling offshore corporate disputes, insolvencies and complex international litigation, Allegra Crawford has returned to Buddle Findlay as a senior associate in its commercial litigation team, a Buddle Findlay media statement says. Crawford previously worked at the New Zealand firm between 2014 and 2018 before heading to the Cayman Islands, where she
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Four people, including a former Kāinga Ora official, who worked on two Auckland housing projects have been charged in relation to more than $4.2 million in alleged bribe payments. The Serious Fraud Office has charged the former Kāinga Ora official, a former Tāmaki Regeneration Company (TRC) official, and two construction company owners with corruption and bribery of an official in
Weil, Gotshal & Manges is negotiating a merger with another, unnamed law firm, Bloomberg Law reports.
According to two people familiar with the situation, Weil’s leadership has told some practice group chiefs that the firm is negotiating a memorandum of understanding that sets out the terms of the combination, reporting that a broader announcement could come this week. They also cautioned that the talks might come to nothing.
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Article source: RoundTableGroup.com Expert witnesses often end up carrying some of the most technical parts of a case. That alone makes the search for one more consequential than it may first appear. A polished CV can be reassuring. So can a long publication list or an impressive academic title. But none of those things, on
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What a week for Freshfields. For a firm looking to spin off its multibillion-dollar legal AI business, the first rule is simple which is not to dismiss some of the richest sovereign funds on earth in writing. Freshfields has managed to do that without checking the email distribution list between two of the senior lawyers
